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Back in February, I posted a blog entry about installing applications silently (or at least quietly)<\/a>, e.g. as part of an unattended build process. Thomas Lee<\/a> added a comment about WIX (Windows Installer XML), which I had not mentioned because at the time I was hoping to find some time to review WIX myself; although Thomas’ blog probably has some more information on the subject.<\/p>\n

One of my “problem applications” when it come to automated builds is Mozilla Firefox<\/a>, which for some reason doesn’t seem to support a silent installation (or didn’t last time I looked). Well, today I found the YVG Software Services Mozilla Firefox 1.0 installer<\/a> – so now you can get a copy of Firefox packaged in Windows Installer (.MSI) format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in February, I posted a blog entry about installing applications silently (or at least quietly), e.g. as part of an unattended build process. 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